Hand cultivating implement



5mm 2% 1933 c. L. KAUFMAN HAND CULTIVATING IMPLEMENT Filed July 28, 1932 wil A M 6 W 5 v Patented June 20, 1933 v UNlTED STATES GFFKIE CHRISTIAN L. KAUFMAN, HUDSON, ILLINOIS HAND GULTIVATING IMPLEMENT I Application filed July 28, 1932. SerialNo. 625,461.

This invention relates to a hand cultivat- Working teeth 3 herein disclosed as integral ing implement and has relation more parwith the bar although, of course, said teeth ticularly to a device of this kind which opmay be otherwise attached. erates after the fashion of a hoe and which Disposed lengthwise of the head H at the is particularly desirable for use in connectransverse center thereof and underlying tion with young vegetables, flower beds and the bars 1 is an elongated channel member gardens. 4, the side'flanges 5 of which are provided The invention has for an object to provide with notches or recesses 6 to receive the bars a device of this kind constructed in a man 1 whereby the head H is maintained in dener whereby it readily and easily loosens or sired form or assembly. co breaks the soil. The outer end portion of the member' l is The invention consists in the details of continued by a reverted arm 7 which is conconstruction and in the combination and artin'ued by an upwardly inclined channel rangement of the several parts of my immember 8 to engage from above with the proved hand cultivating implement whereend portion of the handle member M assoe; by certain important advantages are ateiated with the head H. The member 4 and tained and the device rendered simpler, less the member 7 at a point closely adjacent to expensive and otherwise more convenient the junction of the channel member 8 with and advantageous for use, as will be hereinthe member 7 has associated therewith a after more fully set forth. clamping unit9 herein set forth as a con- :8

The novel features of my invention will ,ventional nut and bolt. This clamping unit hereinafter be definitely claimed. serves to effectively hold the member 4 and In order that my invention may be the member 7 to the head H. better understood, I will now proceed to de- The rear portion of the head H above the scribe the same with reference to the ac adjacent extremity of the memberthas rest- 75- companying drawing, wherein ing thereon a member 10 provided with an Figure 1 is a view in top plan of an inn inwardly andv upwardly inclined channel explement constructed in accordance with an tension 11 which engages the handle member embodiment of my invention, the operating M from below. Disposed upwardly through handle being in fragment; the rear portion of the member 4, the channel as Figure 2 is a sectional view taken subextension 11, the handle member M and, the stantially on the line 22 of Figure 1; channel member 8 is an elongated bolt 12 the Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sechead 14 of which is so formed as to have tional view taken substantially on the line effective contact from below with the mem- 33 of Figure 2; her 4. The opposite or upper end portion of 85 Figure 4 is an enlarged detailed sectional the bolt 12 has threaded thereon a clamping view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of nut 15' which coacts from above with the Fi 1, channel member 8. This bolt 12 together As disclosed in the accompanying drawwith the clamping nut 15 serves to effectively ing, my improved implement comprises a anchortheheadHto the handle member M. 9e

head H including a plurality of longitudi- The end 16 of the handle member M assonally spaced elongated bars 1 arranged subciated with the head H is disposed'on a restantially in parallelism and having adja quired bevel to permit the handle member M cent ends alternately connected by the into have desired angular relation with respect tegrally formed intermediate bars 2. This to the head H. as

particular formation of the head H results My improved implement or hoe as herein in the same being what may be generally disclosed is particularly adapted for use in termed as of a Zigzag form. loosening or breaking the soil in connection Each of the bars 1 has depending there with young vegetables or in flower beds or 50 from at desired points therealong ground the like, and the implement-or hoe is of a 1'66 character that can be used without undue ber at a point closely adjacent to the juncexertion and with considerable speed. My tion of the reverted member with the anguimproved implement or hoe is also especially la desirable for use in working the ground as rly disposed member.

In testimony whereof I hereunto fix my soon as it dries after a rain thus preventing signature.

young weeds from starting, as well as preventing the ground from baking and at the same time places the soil in a condition to keep the moisture at the roots of the plants.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a hand cultivating implement constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim 1. A cultivating implement of the class described comprising a head including a plurality of longitudinally spaced parallel bars, adjacent extremities of the bars being alternately connected, ground working members depending from the bars, an elongated member underlying the bars at substantially the transverse centers thereof and having notched flanges to receive the bars, one end portion of the elongated member being returned to overlie certain of the bars, said returned member being continued by an angularly disposed member, a handle member, the angularly disposed member overlying a face of the handle member, and means disposed through an end portion of the member underlying the bars through the handle member and through the angularly disposed member for connecting the handle member and head.

2. A cultivating implement of the class described comprising a head including a plurality of longitudinally spaced parallel bars, adjacent extremities of the bars being alt-en nately connected, ground working members depending from the bars, an elongated member underlying the bars. at substantially the transverse centers thereof and having notched flanges to receive the bars, one end portion of the elongated member being returned to overlie certain of the bars, said returned member being continued by an an ularly disposed member, a handle member, t e angularly disposed member overlying a face of the handle member, means disposed through an end portion of the member underlying the bars through the handle member and through the angularly disposed member for connecting the handle member and head, and a clamping medium coacting with the member underlying the bars and the reverted mem- CHRISTIAN L. KAUFMAN. 

